Horseshoe-pad



No. 609,708. Patented Allg. 23, |898.

.1. SHE'EHAN.

HURSESHDE PAD.

(Application led Apr. 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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Nrrnn STATES JOI-IN SIIEEIIAN, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

HoRsEsHoE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,708, dated August 23, 1898.

Application inea Aprn 21,1898.

T all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SHEEHAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sing Sing, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HorseshoeePads, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to horseshoes that are padded for the easing of sore or tender feet, for the protection of the hoof, and for easing pressure on the heel; and its objects are to provide a shoefor these purposes that shall overcome some of the defects inherentin such shoes,besides affording ventilation and means for applying and retaining medicaments for treatment of the hoof. These objects are attained by the means set forth in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I represents the bottom of the shoe. Figs. II and III show a plan and elevation of the rubber pad employed. Fig. IV represents the top of the shoepad. Fig. V represents a side view of the shoe. Fig. VI is an end elevation of Fig. IV. Fig. VII is a transverse vsection of the shoe through line a, Fig. I.

A metal shoe, as 1, Fig. I, is backed by a piece of leather or other suitable material, as 3, Figs. IV and VII, having the same outside dimensions as the shoe. Holes, as at 9, Figs. I and VII, are made through the leather for ventilation and as herein further explained.

On the upper side and over the central perforated portion of the leather is placed a piece of felt 4, Figs. IV and VII. Its object is to afford further cushioning for and protection to the hoof, and it also serves as an absorbent for the retention of medicaments for treatment of the hoof. The perforations through the leather serve the purpose of allowing the renewal of iiuids to the felt.

The iron shoes need not differ materially from ordinary shoes,except that they are made without calks and should be beveled somewhat on their inner edges, as at IO, Figs. I and VII, so as to avoid gathering accumulations of snow and dirt, and the heel-terminals are out away on their upper sides-that is, next the leather-to admit of the wings 6 6 of the rubber pad 2, as in I `igs.V,Vl, and VII. This construction affords this advantage: I/Vhen a shoe ends abruptly against the pad, as most of them do, the pad breaks off at the juncture. This extension of a part of the Serial No. 678,334. (No model) springiness equivalent to the rubber elasticity almost, and the elevation of the heel 5 above the metal relieves the foot entirely from shock, so thatnothing is sacrificed in thus securing this additional strength to the pad.

The pad 2 is made of rubber and consists of a heel 5, roughened on its surface, of a thickness to elevate it above the metal of the shoe, as in Fig. VII. To give support to this heel and a body-surface for secure cementing to the leather, as well as strengthening support to the portions of the pad that extend under the shoe, the body of the pad extends inwardly with a curved projection 7, and from this body wings 6 6, Fig. II, extend. These wings are held between the leather and the cut-away terminals of the heels of the shoe, as described and as shown in Figs.V,VI, and VII. The inner edges of the pad are beveled, as shown, for the same reason that'the inner edges of the shoe are-t'. e. to avoid the clinging to the parts of snowland dirt.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

I. A pad for a horseshoe consisting of a cushion of felt, a perforated sole, and arubber heel, extended portions of the heel reaching under the cut-away portions of the metal shoe, the heel portion projecting beyond the metal surface of the shoe, with a supporting-body extending within the shoe, substantially as herein shownand described.

2. A padded ,horseshoe comprising a felt cushion a perforated sole, a rubber pad with a body extension partly over the sole, with the heel projecting beyond the surface of the metal shoe, and with wings extending under the metal shoe, the ends of the said shoe being cut away to receive said wings, all combined substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

Signed at Sing Sing, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, this 14th day of April, A. D. 1898.

JOHN SI'IEEHAN.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN FAGAN, M tcHAEL FINEGAN.

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